Our day off was a ton of fun. As I already mentioned this place is unreal, they have all the toys and their property borders National Forrest and overlook a valley which then escalates into the steep beauty of the Tetons. The 4 prior Pi Kapps who were hosting us all did the Journey of Hope in 98’ and 99’. The guys were really nice and made sure we felt at home. All of them graduated from University of Colorado Boulder and are still best friends to this day. The main guy whose family has owned this 
ranch for 30 years is a guy by the name of Peter Cushman whose father is John Cushman owner of Cushman and Wakefield, a very successful real estate agency. It is very interesting learning some of the faces of other graduated Pi Kapps around the country; I can hope to contribute back to Pi Kappa Phi and Push America just like these guys are. They cooked us some amazing food this weekend like eggs, bacon and breakfast sandwiches for breakfast, cold cut sandwiches for lunch and pork and mexican for dinner. But today was all about the activities, they planned for us to sign up for two activities today, one being in the morning and one in the afternoon. We could choose following: horseback riding, fly fishing, canoeing, hiking, skeet shooting, or golf. All of them sounded a ton of fun but I signed up for canoeing and fly fishing. So that morning we were served a great breakfast and I then headed off with a group of guys to go canoeing down one of the flooded rivers very close by. The canoeing was a lot of fun and the river was very calm. Our canoe tried to hide in the bushes from the others but I think Joel’s yellow shirt gave us away.
After lunch I was scheduled to do some fly fishing but it got canceled because the river was too muddy. I did a bunch of fly fishing last summer and was really looking forward to doing it again today so it was unfortunate they had to cancel it. I ended catching up on my Blog as well as catching up on some reading. I also went on a hike with a couple of guys and checked out the area, we were hoping to see some wildlife like a moose or something but were unlucky so we settled for the view!
That evening they had real good bike mechanic come in and look at our bikes. This dude was crazy about bikes and has had 3 generations live in “the valley” as he called it. I basically got a free tune up and some great advice on how to keep up on my bike with the long tour we are having. After my tune up we had dinn
er and then found our way into the hot tub, a perfect ending to our day off. Tomorrow we have 5 AM wake-up and are scheduled for a 105 mile day that should take us into Dubois, WY.
ranch for 30 years is a guy by the name of Peter Cushman whose father is John Cushman owner of Cushman and Wakefield, a very successful real estate agency. It is very interesting learning some of the faces of other graduated Pi Kapps around the country; I can hope to contribute back to Pi Kappa Phi and Push America just like these guys are. They cooked us some amazing food this weekend like eggs, bacon and breakfast sandwiches for breakfast, cold cut sandwiches for lunch and pork and mexican for dinner. But today was all about the activities, they planned for us to sign up for two activities today, one being in the morning and one in the afternoon. We could choose following: horseback riding, fly fishing, canoeing, hiking, skeet shooting, or golf. All of them sounded a ton of fun but I signed up for canoeing and fly fishing. So that morning we were served a great breakfast and I then headed off with a group of guys to go canoeing down one of the flooded rivers very close by. The canoeing was a lot of fun and the river was very calm. Our canoe tried to hide in the bushes from the others but I think Joel’s yellow shirt gave us away.
After lunch I was scheduled to do some fly fishing but it got canceled because the river was too muddy. I did a bunch of fly fishing last summer and was really looking forward to doing it again today so it was unfortunate they had to cancel it. I ended catching up on my Blog as well as catching up on some reading. I also went on a hike with a couple of guys and checked out the area, we were hoping to see some wildlife like a moose or something but were unlucky so we settled for the view!
That evening they had real good bike mechanic come in and look at our bikes. This dude was crazy about bikes and has had 3 generations live in “the valley” as he called it. I basically got a free tune up and some great advice on how to keep up on my bike with the long tour we are having. After my tune up we had dinn
er and then found our way into the hot tub, a perfect ending to our day off. Tomorrow we have 5 AM wake-up and are scheduled for a 105 mile day that should take us into Dubois, WY.
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